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If you are underbanked you probably have limited access to mainstream financial services normally offered by retail banks. Many fintech startups offer alternative ways to measure credit risk, and assert that their products can help extend financial services to consumers who have not been well-served by traditional banks.

The Swiss banking giant is expected to set aside $850 million for litigation costs stemming from a long-running dispute with bond issuer over the sale of mortgage-backed securities.

The deal between San Francisco-based lender and Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. V is latest example of a closely held firm going public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company.

Affirm Holdings, which provides installment loans to online shoppers, is seeking to raise up to $934.8 million in an initial public offering, signaling last year’s record listings run is carrying over to 2021.

On Sep. 30, 2020. Dollars in thousands.

Speculation is swirling that the Boston company will go on a buying spree after raising $1.8 billion, though some investors are advising caution. This tension makes CEO Bob Rivers one of our community bankers to watch in 2021.

Join Jim McKelvey, co-founder of Square as he offers his insights into where the Fintech industry is headed next year. Will a Biden administration insist on greater regulation? What will happen in the cryptocurrency markets? What will be the big IPOs in the sector? Will GooglePlex make a big splash? What new technologies or applications should we be expecting?

Under the Federal Reserve’s loosened restrictions, big banks can buy back a limited amount of their stock starting next quarter, but only JPMorgan Chase has announced detailed plans to do so.

The online lender, which raised $240 million, wants to take its artificial intelligence technology for evaluating borrowers to the next level and expand its partnerships with banks, its CEO says.

The Federal Reserve's “midcycle” assessment — conducted in light of the COVID-19 pandemic — said the path of the economic recovery is still uncertain even though the banks that were evaluated maintained adequate capital levels under hypothetical scenarios.